“Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.”
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Joyce Meyer
“When we are overly concerned with what people think we will be controlled by the thoughts and opinions of other people.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Satan frequently steals the will of God from us due to reasoning. The Lord may direct us to do a certain thing, but if it does not make sense - if it is not logical - we may be tempted to disregard it. What God leads a person to do does not always make logical sense to his mind. His spirit may affirm it and His mind reject it, especially if it would be out of the ordinary or unpleasant or if it would require personal sacrifice or discomfort.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others or position in life will keep us permanently secure. The outside approval we seek becomes an addiction. We work to get approval and it feels good for a short while; then we find that we need more and more. True freedom never comes until we fully realize that we don’t need to struggle to get from others what God freely gives us: love, acceptance, approval, security, worth, and value.”
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Joyce Meyer
“There are two kinds of pain: the pain of change and the pain of never changing and remaining the same.”
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Joyce Meyer
“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Confident people do not concentrate on their weaknesses; they develop and maximize their strengths.”
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Joyce Meyer
“If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you have power and you can resist temptation!”
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Joyce Meyer
“With Him, nothing is impossible, but it also takes our cooperation and willingness through determination, obedience and hard work to develop what He has put in us.”
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Joyce Meyer
“shall He teach in the way that he should choose. He himself shall dwell at ease . . .”
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Joyce Meyer
“Matthew 6:33 says, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”
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Joyce Meyer
“It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.”
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Joyce Meyer
“Power Thought: God is faithful; my hope in Him is unwavering.”
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Joyce Meyer
“We will experience peace in our personal lives when we stop trying to do so many things ourselves and just rely on God to deliver, protect, heal, and save us, as He wants to do.”
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Joyce Meyer
“When they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding and behave unwisely. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:12”
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Joyce Meyer
